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NTSB North America Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation Textron

Associated Press • Becky Bohrer

NTSB: Excess Weight and Poor Airspeed Management in Icing Caused Bering Air 445 Crash

The NTSB concluded that inadequate airspeed management during severe icing, compounded by the Textron Aviation 208B being above its maximum gross weight, caused Bering Air Flight 445 to lose control and impact pack ice near Nome, Alaska, on February 6, 2025. All 10 people aboard died.

NTSB

In-Flight Loss of Control and Impact with Pack Ice Bering Air Flight 445 Textron Aviation 208B, N321BA

Airline Geeks • Zach Vasile

NTSB Releases Final Report on Bering Air Crash That Killed 10

Also: CNN, The Independent and 3 more

8 Sources

2026-07-30T15:07:38.664137-07:00

China Routes Africa Asia-Pacific (APAC) Airlines

ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

China Southern to enter Ethiopia in early 4Q26

By ch-aviation: China Southern Airlines (CZ, Guangzhou) will launch 2x weekly B787-9 services from Guangzhou to Addis Ababa International via Changsha Huanghua on October 12, marking its entry into the Ethiopian market.

1 Source

2026-07-30T17:32:48.781280-07:00

Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation Airlines

ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Co-founder of Malaysia's MYAirline ordered to repay $16.5mn

By ch-aviation: MYAirline (MYM, Kuala Lumpur Subang) co-founder Goh Hwan Hua and 15 companies he controlled have been ordered to repay MYR67.6 million ringgit (USD16.5 million) to 206 investors, according to a July 16, 2026, Kuala Lumpur High Court order seen by The Edge Malaysia newspaper.

1 Source

2026-07-30T16:07:24.401891-07:00

Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation

Reuters • David Shepardson

FAA official who led response to fatal collision is stepping down

By Reuters: The official who led the Federal Aviation Administration response to the fatal January 2025 collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional passenger jet that killed 67 ‌people near Reagan Washington National Airport is stepping down next week.

1 Source

2026-07-30T14:18:30.977153-07:00

PaxEx North America Airports Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management

New York Times • Sopan Deb

Dulles Airport’s Reviled ‘People Movers’ May Be Lurching Into the Sunset

By New York Times: A $22.5 billion redesign plan eliminates the “mobile lounges,” which were conceived as a way of making air travel more efficient. Many passengers found the opposite to be true.

Simple Flying

Goodbye Mobile Lounges: Here Comes Washington Dulles’ $20+ Billion Revival

san.com

Trump's $22.5B Dulles plan will replace aging terminals, people movers

Also: Bloomberg

5 Sources

2026-07-30T15:07:59.347864-07:00

Airlines Boeing

ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Japan's ZIPAIR eyes first B787-9 in 2H27

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1 Source

2026-07-30T15:18:28.934725-07:00

MRO North America Airlines

ch-aviation • Daniel Martinez Garbuno

Canada’s Porter Airlines to retrofit DHC-8-Q400 fleet

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2026-07-30T14:48:58.346119-07:00

Aircraft Finance & Leasing

Bloomberg • Bob Van Voris

777 Partners Co-Founder Josh Wander Pleads Not Guilty to New Fraud Charges

By Bloomberg: Josh Wander, the 777 Partners co-founder charged with cheating lenders and investors out of almost $500 million, pleaded not guilty Thursday to new charges, including that he diverted most of a $20 million loan into his own brokerage account.

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2026-07-30T14:48:27.883883-07:00

NTSB: Excess Weight and Poor Airspeed Management in Icing Caused Bering Air 445 Crash

In-Flight Loss of Control and Impact with Pack Ice Bering Air Flight 445 Textron Aviation 208B, N321BA

NTSB Releases Final Report on Bering Air Crash That Killed 10

China Southern to enter Ethiopia in early 4Q26

Co-founder of Malaysia's MYAirline ordered to repay $16.5mn

FAA official who led response to fatal collision is stepping down

Dulles Airport’s Reviled ‘People Movers’ May Be Lurching Into the Sunset

Goodbye Mobile Lounges: Here Comes Washington Dulles’ $20+ Billion Revival

Trump's $22.5B Dulles plan will replace aging terminals, people movers

Japan's ZIPAIR eyes first B787-9 in 2H27

Canada’s Porter Airlines to retrofit DHC-8-Q400 fleet

777 Partners Co-Founder Josh Wander Pleads Not Guilty to New Fraud Charges

China Southern to enter Ethiopia in early 4Q26

Co-founder of Malaysia's MYAirline ordered to repay $16.5mn

Japan's ZIPAIR eyes first B787-9 in 2H27

Probe cites history of overweight flights, inadequate oversight in crash that killed 10 off Alaska

Dulles Airport’s Reviled ‘People Movers’ May Be Lurching Into the Sunset

Canada’s Porter Airlines to retrofit DHC-8-Q400 fleet

Avolon Q2 net income jumps 45% to $209 million

Republic raises 2026 guidance after Mesa merger

Who will pay for the FAA’s $7bn altimeter mandate?

British Airways Captain On Stress Leave After First Officer Nearly Puts Packed Plane Into Stall Over Central London

GE touts hybrid-electric altitude breakthrough as Safran lifts outlook and Jet2 adds 54 Airbus A320neo with LEAP-1A

GE touts hybrid-electric altitude breakthrough as Safran lifts outlook and Jet2 adds 54 Airbus A320neo with LEAP-1A

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